>> I was born 100 years ago, Another. important thing happened that year, three companies took a

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1 [ MUSIC ] >> I was born 100 years ago, Another important thing happened that year, three companies took a bold step and created the Computing Tabulating Recording Company -- and the world was about to get a whole lot smarter. >> By 1912, the year I was born, the company already has 1,300 employees. >> 1913, the company's Hollerith tabulating machine, once used only in census taking, is now applied to industry. >> In 1914, 76 years before the American Disabilities Act was passed, they hire their first disabled worker. >> In 1915, the best man for the job of president is Thomas J. Watson. >> Mr. Watson believes that all the problems of the world can be settled easily if people are only willing to THINK. >> 1917, Brazil. -1-

2 >> 1918, 3,000 employees. Growth. >> 1919, The electronic synchronized time clock. >> The first printing tabulator. >> The job ticket printing machine. >> The Carroll Rotary Card Press. >> The electric key punch. >> By 1924, as a way to signal the company's future ambitions, Watson changes the name of the company to International Business Machines: I-B-M. >> In 1925, a tableware manufacturer installs the first IBM tabulating machine in Japan. >> Tabulating machine technology is so reliable, it's used well after the invention of the computer. >> I was born in 1927, and so is the automated gang punch. >> The 80-column IBM punch card. -2-

3 >> The first card counting printing sorter ships in '29. >> In 1930, Watson received his first patent for a traffic signal timing system. >> 1931, IBM introduces the automatic multiplying punch, the automatic reproducing punch, the first motor drive duplicating punch and the first automatic summary punch. '31 was a big year for punches. >> In 1932, IBM starts an education department for employees and customers. >> The Numeric Printing Tabulator. >> In 1934, IBM introduces group life insurance in the midst of the Great Depression. >> In 1935, IBM opens the first professional training school for women. >> 1936, Social Security. Many believed it wouldn't exist without IBM. It's called the biggest accounting operation of all time. -3-

4 >> 1937, IBM China. >> In 1938, millions of children first hear the phrase, "please fill in the bubble completely," thanks to the IBM 805 International Test Scoring Machine. >> 1939, IBM demonstrates an early form of at the New York World's Fair. >> 1940, a vacuum tube that processes information thousands of times faster than ever before. >> In 1941, IBM hires Dr. Michael Supa to make its products more useable by the visually impaired. Dr. Supa was blind. >> IBM believes in cultivating and developing the best talent in the world. That's why we introduced the Disabled Employee Training Program in >> In 1943, Ruth Leach becomes IBM's first female vice president. >> 1944, the Automated Sequence Controlled Calculator. >> The first Watson Scientific Lab opens in

5 at Columbia University. >> T.J. Laster, IBM's first black sales representative, is hired in >> By the late forties, IBM products are being used in 79 countries around the globe. They're really growing. >> The Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator, the first computer that could modify a stored program. >> The Card-Programmed Electronic Calculator. >> 1950, IBM's in Israel. >> In 1951, we started work on the IBM 701, the world's first mass-produced computer. It's the machine that carries us into the electronics business. >> In 1952, IBM Chairman, Thomas J. Watson, hands the reins over to his son, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., and the modern corporation continues to evolve. >> In 1953, Watson Jr., issues the company's first Equal Opportunity policy letter; the Civil Rights Act comes over a decade later. -5-

6 >> I was born in That same year, an IBM computer translates Russian into English -- a first. >> the IBM 702 Electronic Data Processing Machine is introduced. >> 1956, RAMAC. >> 1957, FORTRAN. >> Watson Jr., hires the best architects and designers in the world to work with IBM. Good design is good business. >> More affordable and easier to use than anything before it, the IBM 1401 is the first computer in the world to sell 10,000 units. >> 1960, the Stretch Computing System. >> 1961, the Selectric Typewriter -- an icon. >> In 1962, IBM develops the SABRE reservation system for American Airlines. What once took hours can now be done in real time. -6-

7 >> The following year, in one of the riskiest decisions ever made in business, Watson Jr., bets the future of the company on... >>...the IBM System/360. >> The System/360 takes several years and $5 billion to develop, making it the largest privately financed commercial project in history. >> For the first time, the power of computing is accessible to organizations of all sizes. >> In 1966, IBM researcher Robert Dennard invents D-RAM, memory on a chip. Eventually billions would be produced. >> 1967, Benoit Mandelbrot. He invents Fractal Geometry, and a new branch of mathematics is born. >> By 1968, IBM's 10-year partnership with America's space program is converging on their ultimate mission. >> As we explore the reaches of space, let us go to the new worlds together -- not as new worlds to be conquered, but as a new adventure to be shared. -7-

8 >> The relational database revolutionizes the way data is stored and processed. >> 1971, computers can talk. >> IBM's first automated teller machine is introduced in June of '72. >> In 1973, IBM introduces the UPC bar code. >> 1974, Systems Network Architecture. >> 1975, the IBM 5100, the first Portable Computer. Kinda. >> 1976, the first laser printer. >> IBM's Data Encryption Standard revolutionizes the way information is protected. >> IBM introduces the first mini-computer to feature a built-in relational database. >> The first Kanji computer terminal is introduced in '79, the year I was born. -8-

9 >> RISC -- it's invented by IBM in 1980, and it's still the basis of most microprocessors today. [ MUSIC ] >> IBM introduces the Personal Computer. We expect to sell 240,000 units; we sell two million over the next three years. >> The Tokyo Research Lab opens in >> IBM introduces the System/36, an easy-to-use business computer featuring 2,800 help screens. >> Is a one-million bit memory chip possible? In 1984, it is. >> 1985, John Akers becomes IBM's seventh CEO. >> 1986, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer become the second and third IBMers to win the Nobel Prize. The first was Leo Esaki. >> 1987, another Nobel Prize. Georg Bednorz and Alex Mueller win for high-temperature superconductivity. >> 1988, AS/

10 >> Silicon germanium chips. >> 1990, what does an IBM scientist do to prove he can move atoms? He rearranges them to form the letters I-B-M. [ MUSIC ] >> IBM researchers invent a computer chip that can move eight billion bits of information in a single second. >> ThinkPad. >> The early nineties. Tough times for IBM. Some people wonder if the company's going to make it. But in 1993, Lou Gerstner arrives and takes IBM in a whole new direction. >> IBM re-focuses everyone on the customer. How? >> Solutions. >> Systems. >> Software. >> Services. -10-

11 >> e-business. By 1997, IBM is back. >> That same year, IBM's Deep Blue defeats the reigning grand champion of chess. >> A thrilling win for IBM's Deep Blue. [ CHEERS, MUSIC ] >> IBM embraces Linux, and the era of open source innovation is born. >> The President of the United States awards the National Medal of Technology to IBM, the seventh they received so far. >> Carbon nanotubes. >> Millipede technology stores three billion bits in a space this big. [ MUSIC ] >> In 2003, Sam Palmisano becomes the big boss. The world will soon become smaller and flatter. -11-

12 >> The World Community Grid. >> Blue Gene, the fastest computer ever. >> This computer speaks English. >> Patents. Patents. Patents. >> Smarter Planet. >> Smarter Cities. >> Watson. >> After a century of innovations, we're just getting started. >> 100 is a big, big number. >> What will the next 100 years bring? >> I use the past to predict the future. >> I'm working on the next big breakthrough. >> In 10 years, supercomputers could use 10 times less power and run 1,000 times faster. -12-

13 >> I'll be able to sequence a genome so we can create personalized medicine. >> The whole world is data. >> I'm using data to help detect the onset of disease. >> I've discovered a way to build curiosity into the system. >> I'm working on a system that can think like you. >> We've always been working for the future. >> That's what I'm working on. >> That's what I'm working on. >> That's what I'm working on. >> I'm an IBMer. >> I'm an IBMer. -13-

14 >> I'm an IBMer. >> I'm an IBMer. >> I think that you have to have more than just a machine. >> We must study through listening, observing and thinking. >> All of the problems in the world could be settled easily if men are only willing to THINK. [ MUSIC ] [END OF SEGMENT] -14-